Clutch controls and cables

[xwhatsit]

So you park your bike on one side of the road with someone holding it, then you run from the other side of the road dodging traffic,jump on the bike and crash start it?

Hahaha! Now I think about it, I see why they don't do those starts at Le Mans any more

I hate that phrase `crash start'. Sums up exactly what I did the first time I tried to perform one.

[delusionz]

I've had the same thing, clutch cable snapping at the lever. making it back from new market to mt eden i left it in 2nd, stall to stop, starter motor and standing up to push forward to start. that was hell! lucky the starter motor was strong enough to do it starting in 2 even up hills!!

[FROSTY:Me]

Dude--given your OLD clutch perch is fercked try hacksawing it off completely.--as in cut the perch away from the switchblock. Getyaself an accessory lever perch and bingo no moreloose lever problems

[Max Preload]

I've had the same thing, clutch cable snapping at the lever. making it back from new market to mt eden i left it in 2nd, stall to stop, starter motor and standing up to push forward to start. that was hell! lucky the starter motor was strong enough to do it starting in 2 even up hills!!

Stall to stop? Why didn't you just snick it into neutral and leave the engine running? Not good for your starter.

[delusionz]

Stall to stop? Why didn't you just snick it into neutral and leave the engine running? Not good for your starter.

The bike had a recycling gearbox so i would have had to click into 1 before N. Clicking back into 1 and then 2 with no clutch probably would have crunched something in the gearbox to death. It was a china bike.

[xwhatsit]

Dude--given your OLD clutch perch is fercked try hacksawing it off completely.--as in cut the perch away from the switchblock. Getyaself an accessory lever perch and bingo no moreloose lever problems

Interesting, good idea. Just worried about how much room I have on the bar -- the existing perch is `in front' of the switch block, if you can picture that, so it takes up no horizontal room. If I put in a new perch, I might not be able to reach the switch gear without moving my hand, which might be a pain in the arse.

The new clutch perch is a lot better, I may try chucking a washer in there to see if it improves. As far as I can see the cable isn't running on the lower run of the perch, but there is still more play than I think is healthy.

[Max Preload]

Go to Ludowici Plastics or similar, and get a nylon or UHMWPE washer to pack it out.

[xwhatsit]

Go to Ludowici Plastics or similar, and get a nylon or UHMWPE washer to pack it out.

Cheers mate, they're just up the road, will have to take a look when my head has stopped feeling so dizzy and my eyesight returns

[jonbuoy]

You might be able to take it out with some shims - same way you did on the clip ons - flatten out an old coke tin drill a hole for the pin to pass through and cut around it afterwards and hammer it flat- might need a few depending on how slack it is. I've done something similar with a rearset shifter in the past.

[xwhatsit]

Well you guys were dead right, I should know that by now

The clutch perch (the spare one which was better than the original) steadily got more and more munted until now the cable has crapped out again. Wonder what I'm doing to make it do that; leaning on the lever or something? It's rotated correctly for my arm angle, who knows. Looking again it's possibly the lever wot has worn down.

Malcolm@Econohonda is officially the coolest motorcycle parts guy on this planet -- rang up, he instantly knows who I am and what my bike is, says he's got a good second-hand cable for cheap (why not? New one needs to be ordered, this is only $15 and I need a new cable quickly). Then tells me not to bother paying until it's arrived I'm 100% satisfied the cable is in good nick. What a champ. Of course I'll be paying straight away, I trust him by now

[FROSTY:Me]

Um hey good solution but a BETTER idea would be to ride your bike to Atomic wreckers and take your old cable off (spence is great he'll lend ya the tools to do it) They will make you a BRAND NEW inner cable for $25.00
Ill stick by my origonal suggestion--get yaself an accessory clutch perch and lever
As a minimum grab a new clutch lever as I suspect your problem is that the "bearing" in the middle of the lever is either missing or worn out
Most clutch levers are shaped to allow for going around the switch block--have a look at almost any bike

[xwhatsit]

Yeah I like the idea of a new clutch perch. Just have to save up for pay-day.

Thought about getting a new inner made, but I thought not to because Mt Eden told me a long time ago that it would cost $40 or so; enough to buy a brand-new cable anyway. Thanks for the info about Atomic -- good to know